Salt River At Turn - #12014 by Candy Barr

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas board

Finding intense hot colors in the desert is always a tad startling, as everything tends to be understated.
When leaves turn, or some flower is in bloom, it's especially beautiful.

Let the beauty you see be who you are.  _Rumi 

Big Mountain at Salt River #11614 by Candy Barr

  11 x 14 inches Oil

 Facing east in the morning this view is dark and in total shadow until about 9am or so, when the sun starts cracking over the mountain ridge which runs north into Bulldog Canyon. This is part of Tonto National Forest and luckily for us is still open after many park shut downs.

Here's another done of the Salt River at same spot, and I'll post again in a few days by itself.

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas board

Salt River Cliffs #13013 by Candy Barr

 11 x 14 inches Oil on canvas

 It was 37 degrees after sunrise, but sun hadn't come over the cliffs yet and fingers holding brush were having tough time until we retreated back into car and let the heat vents thaw them out!

I had originally added the birds as they were flying down to water, but figured too busy for this size.  But listening to them was very nice.

Sage Brush at Pebble Beach

16 x 20 inches Oil on canvas

This is at Tonto State Park, along the Salt River
Beautiful back lit sage brush against the
Goldfield Mountain Range.
Pebble beach parking area is one
before Bulldog Canyon pullover.

Morning light changing quickly

I'd like to work more into the mountains and perhaps get
some more definition loosely with background around
river in general. Pretty spot listening to the rushing river.
Bottlebrush in bloom and birds all over singing